Improved bed-bottom



matted l tant WI'LLIAM' BOWEN,A or

DAYT ON, MICHIGAN.

Letters Patent N 100,401, dated March 8, 1870; antedated March 1, 1870.

IMPROVED BEDBOTTOM.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent making part of the name.

To all whom 'it may con-cern l v Be it known that I, WILLIAM BOWEN, of Dayton,

` in the-county ot'V Neway'go, and State of Michigan,

have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bed- Bottonis; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clem-,and exact description'of' thesame, reference being' hadto the 'accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention detached i'om the bedstead.

Figures 2 and 3 are perspective views of the stirrup detached.l

My invention relates to that class of bed-bottoms in which `the slats are hung upon separate springsgfand It consists in the peculiar' construction of the stirrup or cage in which the spring is supported, and by which it is attached to the loose rail of the bedstead.

Thatothers may understand my invention perfectly, I will particularly describe it.

A A are the ordinary slats of a bed-bottom.

B B are two loose rails fitted to rest in seats at each end of the bedstead, so that by removing said loose `rails the entire bed-bottom may be removed atone time.

The'slats have each a slit, o,at each end through which the central loop of' the stirrnp passes, and by which the slat and stirrnp are maintained in their proper position in` regard to eachother.

' The stirrup, figs. 2 and 3, is made of a single rod orwireand two plates, as shown.

The ma D is nenn and folded a as' middle to fn the loose mil B, and from thence both parts of the rod descend a distance of several inches, and, with an oblique fold or bend, the ends return upward again. y

Before being bent upward, as last describcd,the two perforated plates, E E, are slipped on to the rol and passed up to the central bend or fold of thc same. 'Ihe ends are then turned and bent, as described, and brought tothe two remaining holes in the plates, so that they may be brought to the positions shownin figs. 2 and 3.

Between the plates E E the springA F is conned. The said spring` .may be simply placed within the cage formed by the wire l) when bent in Athe form described;

` but, l(or additional security against displacement, I preer to pass the two free ends of therod through the coil of the wire, while the remaining or central puts of the same pass on the outer side of the coil, as sllown.

The ends ot' the rod D should come in contact with the lower side of' the loose rail B, and, in order to be so placed, the slits G G nre made in the ends of each slat, parallel with the `slits c.

The end of the slat is interposed between the upper plate E and the lower side of the loose rail B, straddling the parts ot' the wire D, and receiving a secure and elastic support from the stirrup land spring.

'Having` described my invention,

The stirrup composed of the wire D and plates E, substantiall y in the manner described, in combination `with the spring F' and slats A, for the 4purpose set forth. y

' WILLIAM BOWEN.

' Witnesses:

JAMES ODELL, M. L. CARPENTER. 

